Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Since Pearl the pup
has decided that current bed is no longer acceptable, I have decided to make
her one.This may or may not completely
blow up in my face, and I will scream and yell if she destroys it, but she is
my fur baby and I love her and want to make her something.

Poor thing...all alone and mushed into a corner.

Her bed must have
offended her, judging how she drags it around and simply leaves it in strange
places.I’m almost positive her attitude
towards it would sound like this:“Ugh,
you nasty bed.How dare you make me drag
you around, rip out your insides and leave you in places where I would never
sleep.And you have the NERVE to show
back up in my spot??That’s it!
Grrrr!”And then I look up from my desk,
find the pitiful, lumpy bed askew in the corner of my office with piles of
olive green stuffing everywhere.How is
there so much stuffing in one bed?I’ve
been picking it up for weeks now.

Anyways, the new bed
will be constructed with love and much more durable fabric.But alas, what design to go with?There are so many cute DIY’s and tutorials
out there, but I think the one I like the most (because I love piping!) will be
from Design Sponge.

See – adorable
right??And that sweet puppy would never
eat that pretty bed, no way.

Love this one.I love stripes (obvi) and labs, and it gives
me a little glimmer of hope of the tranquility that may exist in my house once
her perfect little cushion is made.Thanks
Elle Décor for the false sense of serenity.Maybe in 5 years…

Love the size and
squishiness of this one.I may try to do
this while still using a box cover pattern.This exact bed can be purchased at BaxterBoo.

I love pugs.But I can tell you I have never known a pug
that would sleep on its own bed all alone.This bed is similar in shape to the one above and is available through
the Pampered Puppy.

Alright, got some
ideas, and fabric has been ordered – I went with Premier Prints Flynn in navy
blue.I love navy, and I have a yellow dog,
so that wasn’t the smartest decision I’ve made today, but hey, I’m only
human.I’m thinking some bright
contrasting piping will definitely be necessary, unless that will attract the
little puppy teeth even more…

Monday, July 14, 2014

For my besties birthday last week I decided to take charge
with the table décor.We dined at a
lovely favorite restaurant of mine, JCT Kitchen. They are known for their fried
chicken, deviled eggs (the yolks are whipped with olive oil and salt – that’s
it!) and delicious vodka gimlets, but hey, I'm easy to please.
I love
bringing a small arrangement or pot of flowers as decor since they’re a great leftover for
the birthday girl along with decoration – but what make’s them even better??When you stick a bright glitter monogram on
top of them!Here’s the quick and easy
way to do it.

Items you will need:

Glitter paper – I found mine in the scrapbook section of
Hobby Lobby, they also make
glitter foam paper…

Hot Glue Gun

Wooden Skewers – mine came from the grocery

Craft Knife

A monogram design – the simpler the better

Scissors

First thing is to design your monogram on your computer or
hand draw it.I used the circle monogram
font from Harold’s Fonts.I think I paid $19 for it, which might seem like a lot for a
computer font, but it has 4 variations plus a bunch of frames.Also I’ve spent much more on much stupider
things…ahem…as seen on TV products…

Print out your monogram and tape it to a surface (if you’re
using a knife) or prepare to cut it out.

Carefully cut…I mean it’s not the end of the world if it
isn’t perfect, but keep in mind once you start cutting the glitter paper, you
lose a little of the quality with the texture of the paper.

Ok, all done.So take
your glitter paper, flip it over, and trace your monogram on the back.Be sure to trace the monogram backwards so
that the glitter side is the correct order for the initials.

Next cut your letters!Little pieces of glitter will probably fly off in all directions, but
not to worry, because who doesn’t want more glitter in their house?I know I do.

Next lay your letters out and decide the best place for your
wooden skewers for each letter.I ended
up using 2 on the W so that it wouldn’t flop over once standing up in the
flowers.They don’t need a ton of
support but the letters like W, M, probably H, will need 2 skewers.

Hot glue them on and there you have it!

I scattered the table with large gold sequins
and made the birthday girl a glitter stem covered champagne glass, since she
loves bubbles.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

What’s your function? Just kidding, but I can’t help humming that
song from everyone’s favorite, Schoolhouse Rock (and I know those aren't the real words).Our den has been demolished, kind of.All the furniture is now in the center of the
room and the entire house smells of really intense paint fumes.Our den originally looked like this:

Awesome right?Old
carpet and dark wood paneled walls.So
the carpet came out the day we closed on the house so the last 5 months or so
it has looked like this:

Ah much better.Moo
moo Mr. Cow.Currently we have 2 cow
hides in this crazy long room, one came from Scott’s Antique Market here in
Atlanta for a very reasonable $250 and the other apparently lived with my
brother at Auburn and has seen some rough nights.I believe he told me one of his friends slept
completely wrapped up in it, let’s just hope this friend had clothes on…

So now our den is a crazy mess, but I am hopeful.All the trim has been ripped off and what
hasn’t come off has been primed to be painted white.Yippee!The trim was actually really nice, super big and thick and
original.The paneling on the other hand
is incredibly cheap and flimsy and was not worth saving painting.

I already have the wing chair, it is
currently taking up way to much space in my office.It came from my grandmother’s house, so I
love that I will be keeping it in the fam.The fabric is from one of my favorite sites, Spoonflower, and you can
find this exact pattern and it’s wonderful designer here.I look forward to adding this to our
den with its height and fun pattern.

Lights.These are
actually already hanging, and I love them.I love them so much that I will most definitely be taking them with
me us when if we move.They’re great and
big and at night create the most beautiful light effect on the ceiling.Kinda romantic, if you’re into that sort of
thing.

And here is the room today.

Don't judge all the piles of stuff. But do admire the lights in action! Oooh aaah.